Apromase Owns Asawase; Asantehene Rules

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has ruled that Asawase is part of Apromase.

In the case of Apromasehema and one Yaw Gyamfi, the latter had argued with the Great Oath that the Asawase was not subject to Apromase, and therefore the former had no right over it.

Otumfuo, however, affirmed that Asawase belonged to Apromase as he went back in time to explain how the misconception that Asawase was an independent traditional jurisdiction was formed.

Many had thought that the land under contention was given as possession to Serwaa Adiease, the descendants of a servant of an Asantehemaa who married Apromasehene.

However, Otumfuo noted that Serwaa Adiease moved to live in the land to seek health treatment after marrying the chief.

Her descendants multiplied and took over the land in the course of time, creating the impression that they owned it, Otumfuo explained.

“It is not an independent traditional jurisdiction. It is a suburb of Apromase,” the Asantehene ruled.

That notwithstanding His Majesty announced plans to put in place an arrangement to sustain and legalise the occupancy of the land by the descendants of the Serwaa Adiease.

Otumfuo gave a timeline of two weeks to complete and announce the arrangement.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini